Oh I’m well versed in the horrors of contemporary religious tradition and ritual. The idea was always to mimic the good without the bad.
That brings its own horrors. See the recent events and commentary around SBF and FTX.
The tradition itself would never be good, it would be the end to which it serves that makes it good. This ideally keeps traditions in check.
When the end is everything, everything else is nothing, and the zealous bull of paperclip utility maximisation tramples every Chesterton fence in sight.
That brings its own horrors. See the recent events and commentary around SBF and FTX.
When the end is everything, everything else is nothing, and the zealous bull of
papercliputility maximisation tramples every Chesterton fence in sight.